Overall rank by patents
#48,975
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, National ranks #48,975 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 8 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R48975 · Foreign Corporation #48,975 · 5 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Nanoton, Inc. (±0 grants)
Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
National Institute… · this assignee
24 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows National's Innovation Score is 24.2/100 (14th percentile of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.
National Institute for Environmental Studies is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, National sits between Nanoton, Inc. and Natura Resources LLC.
National Institute for Environmental Studies shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Nanoton, Inc.
5 patents
Nanotronics Health, LLC.
5 patents
Narwhal Medical, Inc.
5 patents
Nat Diagnostics, Inc.
5 patents
National Oilwell Vareo, L.P.
5 patents
Nationstar Mortgage LLC
5 patents
Natowatchbands.com, LLC
5 patents
Natura Resources LLC
5 patents
National Institute for Environmental Studies
5 patents
What this shows National holds 5 patents at rank #49,118, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #49,118 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in National's primary technology class.
National's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
24 14th percentile higher than 14% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2019–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | 40.0% |
| 2020 | 1 | 20.0% |
| 2022 | 1 | 20.0% |
| 2025partial year | 1 | 20.0% |
Top 8 of 8 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#48,975
of 49,997 tracked assignees
24.2 out of 100
What to do with this data
National Institute for Environmental Studies's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.
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